Four Days in November (1964)

Four Days in November (1964)

This rarely seen, Oscar-nominated 1964 JFK documentary, is still one of the most-definitive accounts of the days leading up to and the aftermaths of the JFK assassination….

“Four Days in November (1964), narrated by Richard Basehart, is a rarely seen but fascinating documentary about the assassination of John F. Kennedy that focuses on that tragic day in Dallas and its aftermath. A combination of television news footage, archival film, still photographs and recreations of locations and events, the film, as assembled by director Mel Stuart, still packs an emotional wallop and conveys a sense of immediacy as if it were happening in the present tense, not thirty-nine years ago. JFK conspiracy buffs, in particular, will find Four Days in November absorbing due to Stuart’s almost obsessive attention to detail: We see the inside of Ruth Payne’s garage and the rolled rug containing Oswald’s rifle; we witness the plane landing at Love Field carrying Kennedy’s bubble-top convertible (license plate GG-300); we are shown the marquee at the Texas Theatre where Oswald was apprehended (It was a double feature – Cry of Battle and War is Hell); we meet Oswald’s landlady, Earlene Roberts, and view his rented room, almost exactly as he left it. There are even some surprise guest appearances in the film such as Joan Crawford and Richard Nixon (they were attending the same party in Dallas!)….” tcm.com